I want to make you laugh, and I'm willing to embarrass myself to
make it happen. Once I told some jokes at an open mic on a first
date. The girl laughed; whether it was at me or my jokes, I'm not
sure.

This summer I swam at Masters Nationals. I was first (in a field of
four) in the 200 backstroke. Technically, this makes me a national
champion. I got a gold medal and then a friend and I tried to use
it to get free beer and pizza around DC. It didn't work out quite
as well as we had hoped it would.

I took a two week trip to Italy at the end of August. It was
amazing. I ate great food, had lots of wine (and a few negronis),
and I saw amazing art and beautiful cities. One of my favorite
things was the cooking class that I took with my parents in
Florence; so much fun.

Shows - Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, The Office, Doctor Who, The IT Crowd,
Aqua
Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, Firefly, The West Wing, How I Met Your
Mother, Game of Thrones, Adventure Time, The Wire, Last Week with
John Oliver, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report.

Music - Radiohead, The Beatles, The New
Pornographers, Built to Spill, Mumford and Sons, Girl Talk, Beirut,
Devotchka, Iron and Wine, MGMT, The Shins, Sufjan Stevens, and
Arcade Fire.

Having dinner and good beer at one of the many great
South Philly dive bars, at a friend's house for a game or three of
Settlers of
Catan, or at home to watch a movie or binge watch a whole
season of a tv show.